Improvement in hammers for posting bills and cards



W. HART. Hammer for Posting Bills and Cards. No. 217,101;

'Pat e n ted July 1, 1879.

KNVENTOR UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

WILLIAM HART, OF KIRKSVILLE, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAMMERS FOR POSTING BILLS AND CARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 217. [01. dated July 1, 1879; application filed I April 12, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HART, of Kirksville, in the county of Adair and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvement in Hammers for Posting Bills and Cards; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the an nexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a perspective of my device, and Fig. 2 is also a perspective view.

My. invention relates to hammers; and it consists in a device formed upon the opposite I end of the hammer from its face for the purpose of driving atriangular-shaped portion of the card, bill, or thin sheet-metal poster into the wood upon whichit is posted.

In the drawings, A represents the hammer B, its face, and G the end opposite its face. D is a triangular-shaped projection on the end 0. This, being hit upon a card, paper, or

thin sheet metal, drives a portion of the same A WILLIAM HART.

Witnesses:

ALBERT DUToHER, M. A. MILLER. 

